Mining Incidents

Deep Mine # 9 Coal

Coeburn, Wise County, VA  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4407027

Deep Mine # 9 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
15
citations
8
significant & substantial
$1,085
proposed penalties
$1,085
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
27
inspections on record
293
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 293 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Deep Mine # 9 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Deep Mine # 9 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.74 mg/m3 (88% compliant) across 33 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.74
dust avg (mg/m3)
3.67
dust max (mg/m3)
88%
within 1.5 mg/m3
33
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-10-31.
Silica (quartz)
4.5
silica avg (%)
4.7
silica max (%)
2
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-11-07.
Noise
20%
over PEL
5
samples
Most recent sample: 2001-09-21.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 12,343 8 6 648.1
2001 Q3 14,224 5 2 351.5
2001 Q2 20,470 2 0 97.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

September 22, 2001 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HIT DRILL STEEL THAT FELL AS HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE IT FROM DRILLED HOLE. FRACTURED PINKIE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

September 13, 2001 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) POWERED HAULAGE
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING HEADERS AND WEDGES TO FINISH STOPPING. HE COULD NOT MAKE A TURN SO HE START-ED TO BACK UP WHEN HE ROLLED FORWARD CAUSING THESTEERING WHEEL TO SPIN AROUND AND HITTING HIS LEFT THUMB.

August 24, 2001 VA · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator OTHER
Coastal Coal Company, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS FOUND FACE DOWN BESIDE THE CONTINUOUS MINER WITH NO BREATHING AND NO PULSE. EE EXPERIENCED A FATAL HEART ATTACK.

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The full compliance file on Deep Mine # 9

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.